Health & Fitness
First Baby Born at Southside Hospital in 2016
This is the first baby since the North Shore-LIJ Health System became Northwell Health.

Halo Chanel Smith was the first baby born at Southside Hospital in 2016. She is pictured with her mother, Aquila Gilmore.
About Northwell HealthNorthwell Health (formerly North Shore-LIJ Health System) is New York State’s largest health care provider and private employer. With 21 hospitals and nearly 450 outpatient practices, we serve 8 million people in the metro New York area and beyond. Our 61,000 employees work to change health care for the better. We’re making breakthroughs in medicine at the Feinstein Institute. We’re training the next generation of medical professionals at the visionary Hofstra Northwell School of Medicine and the School of Graduate Nursing and Physician Assistant Studies. And we offer health insurance through CareConnect. For information on our services in more than 100 medical specialties, visit Northwell.edu.